Chad Bird

  1. August 6 - Rooftop Ogling

    book
    08/06/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    גג - It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. 2 SAMUEL 11:2
    August 6 - Rooftop Ogling

  2. August 5 - God the Housebuilder

    book
    08/05/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בית - "Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever." 2 SAMUEL 7:11–13
    August 5 - God the Housebuilder

  3. August 4 - Dancing before the Ark

    book
    08/04/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    כרר - So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn. 2 SAMUEL 6:12–15
    August 4 - Dancing before the Ark

  4. August 3 - Do Not Touch

    book
    08/03/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אחז - And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 2 SAMUEL 6:6–7
    August 3 - Do Not Touch

  5. 2 Samuel 14:25-15:12 (Episode 277)

    book
    08/02/21
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    Absalom becomes a populous politician.
    2 Samuel 14:25-15:12 (Episode 277)

  6. August 2 - Hebrew Gospel

    book
    08/02/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בשׂר - The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. 1 SAMUEL 31:8–9
    August 2 - Hebrew Gospel

  7. August 1 - The Necromancer of En-dor

    book
    08/01/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    בעלת־אוב - And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.” 1 SAMUEL 28:6–7
    August 1 - The Necromancer of En-dor

  8. July 31 - Saul and His Spear

    book
    07/31/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חנית - So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. 1 SAMUEL 26:7
    July 31 - Saul and His Spear

  9. July 30 - Razor Tongue

    book
    07/30/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    לשׁון - Then the king [Saul] said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword. 1 SAMUEL 22:18–19
    July 30 - Razor Tongue

  10. July 29 - The Madman

    book
    07/29/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    שׁגע - So [David] changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard. Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to behave as a madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?” 1 SAMUEL 21:13–15
    July 29 - The Madman

  11. July 28 - Knit Soul to Soul

    book
    07/28/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קשׁר - As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. 1 SAMUEL 18:1–4
    July 28 - Knit Soul to Soul

  12. July 27 - No Mere Child’s Toy

    book
    07/27/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    קלע - Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine. 1 SAMUEL 17:40
    July 27 - No Mere Child’s Toy